Tep Pranam (
Khmer: ប្រាសាទទេពប្រណម្យ) is a temple with a giant seated Buddha, built from sandstone blocks is still worshiped here. The interior of the figure re-uses many stone blocks while the head appears somewhat later.
Plan
To the north of the
Terrace of the Leper King and the Royal palace, the image is approached from the east along a 75m
laterite
Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...
causeway, 8m wide. This causeway ends on the west in a terrace with double sema (Buddhist boundary markers) at the corners and on the axes. The building housing the image would have been in wood, long since disappeared and was constructed on a cruciform foundation.
[''Ancient Angkor'' guide book, by Michael Freeman and Claude Jacques, p.114, published in 2003.]
References
Angkorian sites in Siem Reap Province
Buddhist temples in Siem Reap Province
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